Coal-sifter



urn srarns PATN omnes.

HORACE WELLS, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT,

COAL-SIFTER.

Specication of Letters Patent No. 1,450, dated December 31, 1839.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, HORACE WELLS, ot the townand count-y ot Harttord and State ot Connecticut, have invented a newand usetul Machine tor Separating the Ashes trom the Coal and Ashes thathave Fallen tro-m the Stove or Grate; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a tull and clear and exact description ot the constructionand operation ot the same, reterence being had to the annexed drawings,making a part ot this specification.

The machine or sitter consists ot an oblong box M which is made someinches longer than the stove pan or draw, the bottom ot which isrepresented by the line marked A in the annexed drawings ot which-Figure 1 is a perspective view, and Fig. Qis a sectional view throughthe center, the draw being partly inserted in the case.

The top is represented by the letter C, the back part by the line markedB and the tore-part above the stove draw or pan when inserted in thesitter, and above the sieve and below the top marked II. The bottom andtop are ot equal size; the two sides are also ot equal size and ot thesame width as the length ot the end represented by the line marked B.

The sieve which is represented by the line marked E, Fig. 2, is not aslong by some inches as the, bottom orytop, but is ot the same width andot an equal length with the stove pan or draw, is made by wires crossingeach other, or by making holes through a piece ot tin or sheet iron orsome other substance and suflicient in number and sufficiently large tolet the ashes through, which are with the coal and separates the spacemarked J J J, which is made torreceive the stove pan or draw trom thespace marked F, F, F, into which the ashes tall when the machine isturned over they are separated trom the coal by the sieve E.

G represents the space between the stove pan or draw when it is shutwithin the sitter and the back part B and into which the ashes descendwhen the case stands on they end B.

I represents the stove pan or draw partlyl inserted and K the handle tothe same. The whole machine or sitter is made ot sheet tin or iron orother substance. l

rIhe stove pan or draw marked I is taken trom the stove or grate andcontains the ashes and coal that have tallen trom the stove or grate,and is inserted in the space marked J, J, J; the draw is then to beshut` within the sitter. The whole machine is then turned over bottomside up resting on the angle ot the case marked z' on the floor. The endot the machine I-I is then elevated so as to torni an angle ot about 15or 20 degrees' with the horizon. The machine or sitter is then shakenbriskly untilthe ashes are separated trom the coal by the sieve and havetallen into the space F, F, F. The

end II is then still turther elevated so that the end ot the stove panshall be parallel with the horizon the end B standing on the floor theashes trom the space F F F will thus ltall into the space Gr. Themachine or sitter is then turned so as to again .stand upon its bottomA. The whole machine is then shaken so as to level the coal in the'stove pan I. The stove pan I whichcontains the coal separated trom theashes can then be withdrawn-turned over and emptied ot its contentswhich will be the coal or cinders completely separated trom ashes dust&c.

To discharge the ashes trom the case which' will now lbe in the spaceG-the end B must be elevated when the ashes will descend `over.

Y H. WELLS. Witnesses NATHAN JOHNSON, ELIJAH KNOX.

